4.4 Vocabulary

Use vocabulary from other content areas

4.5 Fiction

Explain author’s purpose

Identify cause and effect relationships

Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension

4.6 Nonfiction

Explain author’s purpose

Distinguish between cause and effect

Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension

4.9 Research

Construct Questions

Collect Information

Use Technology

Give Credit to Sources Understand Plagiarism

 4.1 Oral Communication

Demonstrate ability to work independently

4.2 Oral Presentations

Use subject-related vocabulary

4.3 Media Messages

Differentiate between auditory, visual, and written media messages

Identify characteristics of various media messages

4.7 Effective Writing

Identify audience

Use pre-writing strategies

Use transition words for sentence variety

Revise writing for clarity

4.8 Editing Writing

Include prepositional phrases

Use singular possessives

Use correct spelling for frequently used words, including common homophones

 4.2 and 4.5 Fractions

Pictorial Representations

Equivalent Fractions

Greatest Common Factor

Simplest Form

Compare Fractions

Order Fractions

Mixed/Improper Fractions

Least Common Multiple

Add/Subtract Fractions

o Like Denominators

o Unlike Denominators

4.3 and 4.5 Decimals

Decimal Place Value

Convert Fractions to Decimals and Vice Versa

Compare Decimals

Order Decimals

Round Decimals

Add/Subtract Decimals

 VS.6a Famous Virginians

George Washington

James Madison

VS.6b Important Documents

Virginia Declaration of Rights

Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

US Constitution

VS.10a Virginia Government

Executive Branch

Legislative Branch

Judicial Branch

VS.6c Westward Migration

Tobacco’s Ill Effects on Soil

Farmland West/South

Cumberland Gap

VS.7a Civil War Issues

Northern and Southern States

Events Leading to War

Creation of West Virginia

VS.7b Civil War Conflict

Major Battles

Important People

 4.1 Scientific Method

Observations, conclusions, inferences and predictions

Experimental design – hypothesis and variables

Classify and analyze objects, measurements, data

Measurements of distance, volume, mass and temp.

Display data, interpret and make predictions from graphs, charts, tables

Identify contradictory experimental results

4.3 Electricity and Magnetism

Conductors/Insulators

Basic Circuits

Static Electricity

Simple Electromagnets

Magnetism

Historical Contributions

4.5 Ecosystems

Behavioral and Structural Adaptations

Organization of Communities

Flow of Energy through Food Webs

Life Cycles

Influence of Human Activity on ecosystems